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prettypoison1978 is selling a pair of David’s Bridal lace fingerless gloves. She’s asking $18.

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Tick, tick, tick…tick.

Do you hear that insanely annoying ticking sound? That would be time creeping by, slow as hell, as I wait for our pro pics to be delivered. I know they will be well worth the wait, but I am seriously going CRAZY over here! And I know I’ve been a bad, bad, blogger during this waiting period. Do you guys even recognize me? Do I look the same now that I’m married?

Anyway, I think it’s about time that I started my recaps!
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Underwear! Yes, this is a post about underwear. Woo? Woo! After I made a decision about my dress, I was then faced with the question of what I was going to wear under my dress. Luckily for me, I had the dress at home in my closet. This meant that I was able not only to have impromptu fashion shows (and mirror photo shoots) but also to try out a variety of undergarments in preparation for alterations.

A reminder of my dress, an example of said mirror photo shoots

My dress is strapless, so I knew that I had a few options: wearing a strapless bra, sewing in built-in cups, or going braless. I wasn’t at all excited about the third option. I wear a 34/36C, and I always feel a little awkward (read: jiggly) going braless. I was also a little worried about the second option. The consultant at the store warned me that sewing cups into this specific dress might not give me much support. My wedding day is one time that I don’t want to worry about adjusting or fixing or smooshing things back into place. So option one it was!

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So it was finally time for me to go dress shopping after stalking browsing every designer website I could find. I had realized early on in my search that I have high-society tastes on a pauper’s budget. Therefore, I made it my mission to find every brand with dresses for a more reasonable budget that upheld the style I was looking for. One of the brands I loved before I began dress shopping was Enzoani. They provided a lot of the details that I loved and with a budget I could stomach! And they have a second line, Blue, with lower-priced creations. I was delighted to find that a few of the salons nearby carried the lines!
So, wanna see some dress porn? (All photos in this post are personal pictures.)

Enzoani Fabi: I didn’t really think I wanted a true ballgown, but I thought this dress was so pretty I couldn’t resist trying it on. It was the first one I ever tried on, actually. My grandma seemed to love it, but I don’t think it did much for my body; my torso looks pretty square in it without any waist definition, but I love it from the side!

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When envisioning the overall look of our wedding party, I assumed having black tuxes for the men folk would clash with the navy of the ladies. I had a hard time picturing black and blue looking nice together. I needed a visual to help me gain a clear picture of how the entire bridal party would look.

As a reminder, this is what our ladies will be wearing:

Ava Collection by Mori Lee #602 in Mid Night

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What’d you do this weekend? I got married. No big.

For the record, it was perfectly perfect in every way. I forgot to wear my dress’ sleeves the way they had been tailored, a guest brought an unexpected date, I had a moment where I thought the Reverend had left without us having signed the marriage license (I remembered that we’d both signed it when we got it at city hall a couple of months ago), the DJ played a Spongebob Squarepants interlude in the middle of “Shout!” and played our cake cutting song an hour after the cake cutting, and somebody brought a baby, which made it awkward for those who we’d told could not bring their babies.

And you know what? I barely even noticed any of these things. Because we were man and wife, and that was that.
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Have I mentioned that I am obsessed with our venue? Oh, that’s right, I have. If you are sick of hearing about our venue, feel free to skip this post—but if you stick around, I promise there are some sweet decor ideas amongst my gushing! You see, one of the many things that I adore about our venue is their truly amazing collection of decor items that are available for brides to use.

When we toured Cedarwood, there were many things that caught my eye. One thing in particular was a cabinet full of milk glass. Let me let that sink in for a moment—a cabinet FULL of MILK GLASS! I’m pretty sure my mouth starting watering right then and there.

Image via Ashleys Bride Guide / Photo by Dove Wedding Photography / Decor by Cedarwood

This sight in and of itself was pretty much enough for me to sign my life away to these people, and by that I mean sign a wedding contract…what, that’s not the same thing? Anyway, you get the idea.

But the amazing milk glass cabinet isn’t all. Cedarwood bouts some other highly impressive collections as well! Such as…
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The night before the wedding Mr. Gazelle and I kissed farewell and went off to do our own thing. He met up with his guy friends at the Pourhouse for a night of cocktails (which, by the way, was apparently amazing). I met up with some of the girls for dinner at Glowbal Grill.

It was a great chance to see some friends that just arrived in town and to catch up with some friends I hadn’t seen in ages! Even though a lot of the girls didn’t know each other we had a great time enjoying some delicious food and good conversation. It was nice and low key…
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Well Hive, it’s that time. Two years ago today I walked down the aisle towards my best friend, said “I do,” and then partied the night away. I can’t believe how quickly our time as newlyweds flew by, and I also can’t believe it is time for me to stop procrastinating, say my goodbyes and move on a bit from the wedding world (sniff, sniff, this really means I need to start being quiet again about my full-blown wedding obsession, which of course still lives on!). I have to say that blogging on Weddingbee and being part of this amazing community been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. The support that I received during my planning was valuable beyond words, and I am so glad to say that I am walking away over two years later with an amazing new group of friends. For any of you thinking, or even considering, applying to blog for Weddingbee, DO IT! Never in a million years did I think I would be accepted, or that I would get so much back from blabber about my planning process. What a wonderful group of women you all are, and how lucky am I to have been a part of the hive!

(Image by our wonderful wedding photographer, Oriole Photography)

I guess I also owe you all a bit of an explanation for the huge gap during my recaps (and now, of course, the break while I drag my feet to say goodbye). Well, life was a little busy in the Cloud house! Of course I told you how we moved to a new state shortly after our wedding, but then more recently we had another big change…
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“What do you want to look like on your wedding day?” That is the question they always ask at the beginning of an appointment on SYTTD. But from the start, I knew what I didn’t want to look like! I know many women want to look like a princess at their wedding, ball gown, tiara, glass slippers, and all. Although I sure enjoyed the game Pretty Pretty Princess as a kid. (Do you remember?)

Pretty Pretty Princess via Amazon.com

I never wanted to be a princess on my wedding day! I think this stems back to my mother. You see, my mom is a realist. She and my dad have been together for over 30 years and, while they still stand strong, they have seen their fair share of marriages fail. So from an early age my mom liked to remind me that “life is not like the fairy tales.” She explained to me that while my Disney princess movies were fun, life rarely works out like that. And more importantly, she explained that relationships are a lot of hard work. The endings of fairy tales, when the couple marries, is really just the beginning of their story! So as excited as I am to plan an awesome party to celebrate the day Mr. Elk and I say “I do,” I cannot think of myself as a princess.

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mobjune25 and her girls spend a happy moment together before they head down the aisle

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(’Ferien’ is ’holiday’ in German!)

Hello hive! I have missed you guys so much, but we’re only on day five of our nineteen day honeymoon so it’ll be awhile before I can get back to blogging regularly. Mr. Funnel Cake’s Swiss keyboard on his netbook is not really helping out the situation either as I keep switching ’y’ with ’z’ and pressing random buttons. But I really wanted to share the sneak peek our photographer gave us on our wedding day! I think it paid off scheduling some down time for the photographer between our wedding and evening shoot because he had time to edit a photo and whip it up on the web already!

(Photo by Timwill Photography)

Our wedding was the best wedding ever.
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I’ve been a bad blogger, and I’m sorry, but there’s been a lot of nothing going on with my wedding planning. To illustrate my point, a list:

• We know where we want to go for our honeymoon, but are still sorting out when we’re going to pay and when we’re going to book.
• We still haven’t picked a florist.
• Our DOC doesn’t actually know we picked her yet. That’s my fault. I should be sending an e-mail, but instead I’m blogging.
• We haven’t had our venue meeting yet to sort out the last details of our plan for the day.
• Our invitations are done, but not yet ordered.
• The clothes are all picked out and ordered (except the hostesses), but nothing has arrived yet.
• I’ve been so busy with work, I haven’t had time to start any of my DIY projects.

So basically, a whole bunch of almost something. I’m looking forward to having lots to talk about in just a couple weeks. November 15th is Momma Kettle’s and my deadline for having all the big stuff planned and all the little stuff started. Wish us luck!

In the meantime, I checked our wedding website, and I noticed something.
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Y’all I’m sitting here with my ladies painting our nails gold. Yes, it’s just before midnight the night before our wedding. But for the second night in a row, my usual narcoleptic self can’t seem to get sleepy. I can’t imagine why.

Hive, thank you for your support, wisdom, and encouragement. I feel so honored to be in y’alls company.

Skunky bridesmaids, I’m so lucky to have you by my side. You’ve been nothing but the absolute best and I love you all so much.

Mr. Skunk, words cannot explain how much I love you. Let’s get this adventure started!

Signing out for the last time as MISS Skunk.

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2. Interracial Relationships by Anonymous
3. Name Changing and My Culture by Miss Petit Four
4. The Married Magics by Mrs. Magic
5. Ooo Take the Money And Run by Miss Doe
6. What Really Happens at Weddings by Anonymous
7. Short Hairdo Don’ts? by Miss Mole
8. Then the Letting Go by Mrs. Candy Apple
9. Kate Spade Is a Temptress by Miss Warbler, Oh Em Gee!!! by Miss Elk, It’s Here! And Lessons Learned by Mrs. Magic
10. Tonight… by Miss Ticket